Senior BPM Consultant - 8-Week Contract (1099)

Sand Cherry Associates, Inc.; Lafayette (LA); On-site; USD 103,000 - 117,000; Part time

Job summary

Sand Cherry Associates seeks an experienced Business Process Consultant to lead an 8-week current-state assessment across Operations, O2C, and P2P. The consultant will partner with business, finance, and technology stakeholders to map end-to-end processes, identify inefficiencies and control gaps, and develop a prioritized improvement roadmap.

Travel up to 25% and 1099 hourly engagement are expected; US work authorization required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in business process engineering, business process management, process improvement, operational transformation, or management consulting.
• Demonstrated experience conducting current-state process assessments in complex organizations.
• Strong experience developing process maps, swim lane diagrams, workflow documentation, and process narratives.
• Experience using process mapping tools (i.e. Microsoft Visio) preferred.
• Experience assessing Order to Cash (O2C) and/or Procure to Pay (P2P) processes.
• Strong understanding of cross-functional business processes, including systems, data, controls, reporting, roles, and handoffs.
• Demonstrated ability to identify process inefficiencies, risks, control weaknesses, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities.
• Experience developing prioritized process improvement recommendations and transformation roadmaps.
• Strong workshop facilitation and stakeholder interviewing skills.
• Ability to synthesize large amounts of qualitative and quantitative information into concise findings and actionable recommendations.
• Strong executive communication, presentation, and documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, and quickly understand complex business environments.
• Experience with methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, Business Process Management (BPM), or continuous improvement.
• Experience working across Finance, Operations, Procurement, Supply Chain, or related functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions, workshops, and interviews with key stakeholders, process owners, and subject matter experts.
• Observe and document how processes are currently performed across Operations, Order to Cash, and Procure to Pay.
• Develop detailed current-state process maps using swim lane methodology to illustrate activities, ownership, handoffs, decision points, systems, and dependencies.
• Document roles and responsibilities across each process.
• Assess key systems, data flows, reports, controls, and process handoffs.
• Review existing process documentation, procedures, controls, reports, and supporting materials.
• Identify manual activities, process bottlenecks, unnecessary handoffs, redundancies, and areas of process complexity.
• Identify process gaps, operational inefficiencies, risks, and control weaknesses.
• Evaluate opportunities to simplify, standardize, streamline, or redesign processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve cross-functional coordination, process ownership, controls, data flow, and operational visibility.
• Develop an inventory of process improvement opportunities across the assessed functions.
• Categorize opportunities into quick wins and longer-term initiatives.
• Assess the potential business impact of recommended improvements.
• Prioritize recommendations based on factors such as business value, risk, complexity, and implementation considerations.
• Translate assessment findings into clear, actionable recommendations for business and leadership stakeholders.
• Develop a prioritized process improvement roadmap outlining recommended initiatives and sequencing.
• Clearly communicate the rationale, expected impact, dependencies, and considerations associated with proposed improvements.

Job description

Sand Cherry Associates seeks an experienced Business Process Consultant to lead an 8-week current-state assessment across Operations, O2C, and P2P. The consultant will partner with business, finance, and technology stakeholders to map end-to-end processes, identify inefficiencies and control gaps, and develop a prioritized improvement roadmap.

Travel up to 25% and 1099 hourly engagement are expected; US work authorization required.